"Cartoons" Blogs & Blog Posts

Once upon a time, Eddie Murphy was slated to star as the "Number One Super Guy," but the movie was canceled quicker than the human eye. "Hong Kong Phooey" was a 1974 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera. Voiced by Scatman Crothers ("Chi...

I am not in any way obsessed with The New Yorker caption contest each week. I swear. I like to submit my cleverly constructed witticisms (which have — shockingly — never been selected), but in no way does this cause me to put the rest of my day o...

Classic cartoon fans will soon have another source for watching Bugs Bunny, Jonny Quest, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Speed Racer, and more. Bruce Haring on Deadline.com reports that a new network, MeTV Toons, is set to launch June 25, 2024 The new Me...

The world was introduced to SpongeBob SquarePants on May 1, 1999, but Stephen Hillenburg had developed these characters many years prior. Below is an early test of SpongeBob and Squidward's voices from 1996, as performed by Tom Kenny and Hillenburg,...

If there's one thing I like, it's scouring the depths of Twitter for extremely niche accounts that aggregate cool, creepy or creative content. The weirdest one I've found in a while, though, draws its content from a single source: Heathcliff, the sec...

This week, Fantagraphics is releasing a gorgeous book reprinting the "Silly Symphony" comic strips from July, 1935, to February, 1939. "Silly Symphony" was syndicated to newspapers at this time as a "topper," appearing on Sundays above the larger "M...

To bring a bit of cartoon creepiness to your Monday, please enjoy this Shrek test footage below produced five years before the 2001 release of the first film in the DreamWorks series. Original production designer Barry Jackson and Zoom Art Studio rel...